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The Rule of Four

Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason

Describe this book in five words:

Intellectual, Mystery, Different, Suspenseful, and just plain Awesome. - Caitlin Campbell

Summarize the book:


Since his time at Princeton, Tom's father has been captivated by the mysterious renassaince book, The Hypnerotomachia Poliphi. When Tom is accepted at Princeton, he meets Paul who was inspired by Tom's dad to keep researching it. After some major breakthroughs, Paul gets very close to decoding the secret messages. But he ends up being linked in a strange murder on campus and is in danger. Tom meets Katie, a girl who he basically falls in love with, and has to choose his priorities. At the resolution, the Hypnerotomachia and its mysterious writer, Francessco Colonna, are seen in a new light, and Tom, Paul, their roommates, and the two feuding professors, Taft and Curry, all face their own challenges and tradgedies. - Caitlin Campbell